This book is schizophrenic.
At once
– a book about graphic design, tracing lines of modernist thought, supported by examples of recent work from the Werkplaats Typografie (Typography Workshop).
– a book about a particular approach to (design) education, supported by work from the Werkplaats Typografie, a contemporary institute which attempts to harness such ideas.
– a book of work from an experimental school-in-progress, the Werkplaats Typografie, supported by a collection of texts that might be considered its founding ideals.